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Not me, I'll wait several more months until some tariffs, job loses, fund/grant cuts hit the street. Maybe after Q2,Q3 earnings, if there are any, I'll think about it. They've done a lot of damage.
Speaking of lying... Why can't his supporters put 1 plus 1 together and figure out it's 2.
DOGE has been screaming fraud for a couple months now. NOT ONE person has been charged. I mean it's simple, if someone was getting SS and it was fraudulen…
Just read about a YouTube personality (Pakman) who's book "Echo Machine" might get shutdown. Not sure if this is true yet but rumors that Trump is threatening to cancel government contracts with Amazon unless they remove certain books for sale. (bo…
"In Trumplandia, market manipulation isn't a crime, it's just standard business practice."
Wouldn't you just love to see what trades Eric, Don Jr and Ivanka, the Saudis made the last few days but alas there is no one left to look for corruption. …
It's not over yet... allies hate us and will not buy American or travel to America , lots of people lost their jobs or will lose their jobs, lots of research grants and funding cuts still to hit, IRS cuts will limit tax revenue collections. China.…
You guys are a riot...but entertaining...WAAAAYYYY before Trumps announcement,,, just wait... In a few days he'll tell you that's exactly what he did. He's such a prophet.
They always say a bully needs a punch in the face to stop being a bully. China ups the tariff war. Could China be giving the punch in the face the bully needs?
And it starts: On the plus side.... Musk calling Navarro a moron is good news. I hope the ego's will start to rip them apart. Reminds me of last time aka: Rex Tillerson etc.. although this time most of them have brown noses due to being so far up…
People always say bonds are the safety play when the market goes down. They're not. In most the downturns I can remember when stocks go down bonds go down. Not nearly as much as stocks but same direction.
Yes, I was going to buy PDO today because it was at par (no discount/premium) after the hit it took. Normally 4.5% premium and paying almost 12%. I almost pulled the trigger. I decided to give up CEF's about a year ago and that kept me from buyi…
I just saw a good interview on MSNBC -- The global investor said " the world is moving on and looking at how to do it without the US" This is going to cause long term problems for the US. FAFO at its finest.
Doesn't matter what he does now. It's going to take a while to recover. Put tariffs aside, more countries now won't buy American products if they can at all avoid it. Forget any US businesses selling anything to Canada. One strange thing... oil w…
Not YB but... I think there is much more to come as I said before due to immigrant deportation job losses, fed job losses, all the research and grant funding cuts will lead to research, college staff job losses. All the support for those jobs (mom …
@hank "I’ve said as much as I can say on the topic already - nothing to add. You guys be the judge of whether or not you’re satisfied with the tenor and direction the board is going."
Yes, you have made your feelings/opinion known several times.…
Don't know??? from Reuters 3/22/2025 (a week or so ago)
11,000 compared to 12,000 last year, so there's that, talk is cheap.
"Trump deporting people at a slower rate than Biden's last year in office"
One major item to watch... oil. If oil comes down a lot (OPEC is increasing production) that could change things. Oil is a factor in just about everything in the economy. Reduced costs to produce/ship goods could lead to no need to past tariffs o…
The difference this time is deportations (losing many workers as base level jobs) , Federal job losses, agency closures, spending reductions and something I don't think is being taken into account. All the research and educations grants that will…
I was just responding to a Tesla thread but I'll delete it. I think Tesla is a short. Is that ok on this thread? Why people can't just skip what they don't like boggles my mind.
The text was 2 hours before the attack. If that was intercepted by Russia (and one of the people on the chat was in Moscow) and they notified Iran, the Houthi's could have prepared their air defenses and possibly taken down our planes. Disgusti…
